TY - BOOK AU - Pally,Marcia TI - The new evangelicals: expanding the vision of the common good SN - 9780802866400 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - BR 1642 .U5 P35 2011 U1 - 277.3/082 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Grand Rapids, Mich., Cambridge PB - William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. KW - Evangelicalism KW - United States KW - Church and state KW - Liberalism KW - Religious aspects KW - Protestant churches KW - Democracy N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-260) and index; Contents; Church and State : what are the questions? What's at stake? Benighted, befuddled, fundamentalist, and fascist? : an introduction to the book ; Freedom of conscience and separating church from state : a short history ; The evangelical turn to conservatism : reuniting church and state? ; Church-state blurrings ; The Möbius strip : ironies of state neutrality toward religion -- Robust religion within liberal democracy : America's "new evangelicals". The "new evangelical" landscape : an overview ; "New evangelicals" : underlying beliefs ; "New evangelicalism" in practice : political and economic activism ; "New evangelicalism in practice" : the environment, abortion, gay unions -- Concluding remarks : against sectarian and secular fundamentalism N2 - Summary; Marcia Pally reveals the "new evangelicals"--A growing movement that espouses antimilitaristic, anticonsumerist, and liberal democratic ideals and promotes poverty relief, immigration reform, and environmental stewardship. Combining analysis with numerous interviews, Pally creates a snapshot of a significant trend that is likely to impact American politics for years to come.--from publisher description ER -